Inuits And Egyptian Sky Myths: How Their Societies Are Reflected In Myth "Inuits and Egyptian Sky Myths: How Their Societies are Reflected In Myth" Ancient cultures tried to explain the workings of the universe by applying their experiences in everyday life to the movements of the heavens. The Inuits of the North American arctic were a tribal society that lived from day to day.

Kepler One of the largest contributors to the field of astronomy was Johannes Kepler. His work was of utmost importance to the astronomy community as well as to other major fields of science. Using data collected by Tycho Brahe, to whom Kepler was an assistant, Kepler was able to formulate the three major laws of planetary motion. These laws give astronomers, physicists, mathematician

Mysterious Blast, Hyernova Mysterious Blast, Hypernova Gamma-ray bursts (GRB) have left astronomers scratching their heads since the late 1960s when they were discovered by U.S. military satellites. Part of the mystery began to unlock when astronomers at Northwestern University detected the first observational evidence for the remnants of hypernovae, explosions hundreds of times

Nebula NEBULA A nebula is a combination of dust particles and gases in space that form a cloud. They are the gaseous and dusty material expelled by an old star just before death. (4) A far better name for these objects would be "ejection nebulae". The term nebula comes from the Latin word for cloud. In Earlier days, astronomers also used the term for distant galaxies outside the e

Nothern Lights Aurora a luminous atmospheric phenomenon occurring frequently above 60° North or South latitude, but also sometimes in other parts of the world. It is named according to its location, aurora borealis (northern lights) or aurora australis (southern lights). The term aurora polaris, polar lights, is a general name used for both of them. (1) The aurora consists of rapidly s

All About Comets INTRODUCTION The picture of a comet is a spectacular object, with a brilliant head and a long tail, streaming across the heavens. Observations of the comet of 1577 by Tycho Brahe demonstrated that comets were more distant than the moon. Some comets are spectacular objects, but definitely the greatest numbers are not very bright, and many do not develop tails

The International Astronomical Union Circular Article Summary The International Astronomical Union Circular #6837 released by Brian Marsden on March 11 was published to report the findings Marsden’s group had come across. Marsden stated in the publication that “the chance of an actual collision is small…but one is clearly not out of the question” (Marsden). Marsden’s group has suppose

Planet Comparison- Uranus And Neptune Planet Comparison Report Uranus: Uranus was discovered in 1781 by Sir William Herschel. He at first wanted to name the planet Sidus Georgium which is latin for George’s star after the king of England. Another astronomer Johann Bode advised Herschel against it and suggested instead that he use a name from Greco-Roman mythology like all other p

Mans First Encounters With The Universe Mans First Encounters with the Universe Since the beginning of time man has looked to the sky to observe what he saw there. Some have even tried to reason the patterns that were visible. The ancient Babylonians mostly ignored how it worked and merely followed and studied the paths the heavenly objects took. The ancient Greeks took that a step

Astronomy In The News 1. December 5, 2003 http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/05dec_dixieland.htm Summary: This article that I have found talks about Dixieland Auroras when the Coronal Mass Ejection reached earth. When the Coronal Mass Ejection reached earth on November 20th, it casted a bright green aurora in the sky of Myrtle Beach. This green color in the sky is called the Aur

Saturn SATURN The planet I have chosen is Saturn because I am intrigued by its many rings and its mythology. In Roman mythology Saturn is the God of agriculture. Saturn also is the root of the English word Saturday. Saturn has been known since prehistoric times. Galileo was the first to observe it with a telescope in 1610. He noted its odd appearance but was confused by it. Saturn

Saturn Is The Seconed Largest Planet In The Solar System SATURN Saturn is the second largest planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the Sun. Saturn was one of the most beautiful sites know to the Ancients. All Gas Giant planets that we know of have rings, but the rings on Saturn are more elaborate than any of the other planets. Galileo was the first person to a

Seeing The Invisible Black Holes are mysterious objects which are located throughout the universe. They are commonly known and widely debated by theoretical astronomers as “gravitic anomalies” in which matter enters, but does not leave. They are sources of gravity that are so strong, not even light can escape its powerful pull. They have been studied by famous intellectuals such as Steph

Space Flight On May 25, 1961, John F. Kennedy delivered one of the most memorable State of the Union addresses in the history of the United States. “I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the earth” (http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary, President John F. Kennedy's Special Mess

Sputnik To Mir: A Brief History Of The Soviet/Russian Space Program Perhaps some of the most influential figures of the 20th century have not been eloquent politicians or powerful dictators. Indeed, they are scientists in search of technology to deliver humankind to the stars. In the Soviet Union, one name was synonymous with space exploration: Sergei Pavlovich Korolev. The father of

Star Clusters Star Clusters Globular Globular clusters are gravitationally bound concentrations of approximately ten thousand to one million stars. They populate the halo or bulge of the Milky Way and other galaxies with a significant concentration toward the Galactic Center. Spectroscopic study of globular clusters shows that they are much lower in heavy element abundance than sta

Star Dust Star Dust Have you ever wondered how many different objects and particles enter earth’s atmosphere everyday. The earth is growing fatter under continuous microscopic flurry of space specks. The earth gathers 100 tons of space dust everyday. These space particles come from all the over the universe, from the asteroids in the asteroid belt to pieces of distant planets from

Summary The International Astronomical Union Circular #6837 released by Brian Marsden on March 11 was published to report the findings Marsden’s group had come across. Marsden stated in the publication that “the chance of an actual collision is small…but one is clearly not out of the question” (Marsden). Marsden’s group has supposedly come across evidence that supported that the astero

Dark Matter Two people have been credited for determining the need for dark matter. The first was astronomer Jan Oort, who back in 1932 measured the perpendicular motions of nearby stars relative to the disk of our galaxy. By studying the gravitational influence of the disk on these stars he was able to calculate the mass of the disk. The value he determined was twice as much as that

The Geology Of The Moon The Geology of the Moon The geology of the moon has been a primary interest for scientist of all kinds: astronomers, philosophers, mathematicians and geologists all share a common interest in the wonders of our moon. Since the beginning of time we have been gazing up at the moon in awe. Even back in times when many of the astronomical beliefs were based on m

The Solar System The Solar System Humans live on a small planet in a tiny part of a vast universe. This part of the universe is called the solar system, and is dominated by a single brilliant star-the sun. The solar system is the earth’s neighbourhood and the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are the Earth’s neighbours. They all have the same st

Tides Tides are the periodic rises and falls of large bodies of water on earth. These changes in water depth are caused by the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun, along with the depth of the water, and barometric pressure. The most important force on the tides is the moon. The gravitational force of the earth attracts all the water in the oceans, but it is also attracted to the

Atmosphere There are many environmental problems that are currently plaguing the earth. Many of them are caused by humans and some just occur naturally. Environmental pollution isn’t just an issue that has just been noticed now. Investigators in England during 1661 noticed that emissions coming from industrial plants were contributing to pollution. While working as a consultant for the C

Twin Sisters The Twin Sisters By: Venus is known as Earth’s sister planet because they are similar in mass, sizes density, and volume. But have you ever wondered how they are different. Venus is actually very different from Earth in many ways. Venus is closer to the sun than any other planet except Mercury. Venus’s distance from the sun is about 67.2 million miles, compared wi

UFO’s And Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life The question “Are We Alone in the Universe'” has been brought up and speculated on for thousands of years. My answer to the above question is I don’t know. I will not try to give you answers in this essay, because as of now nobody knows the answer. I will merely speculate on this subject based on the information we obtain at present. The

Venus And Earth Venus and Earth: The Twin Sisters Venus is known as Earth’s sister planet because they are similar in mass, sizes density, and volume. But have you ever wondered how they are different. Venus is actually very different from Earth in many ways. Venus is closer to the sun than any other planet except Mercury. Venus’s distance from the sun is about 67.2 million mil

Little And Big Dipper The Big Dipper is one of the most distinctive asterisms in the sky, also known as the Ursa Major or the Great Bear. The Big Dipper is a group of seven bright stars, three that form a handle and four that form a bowl. Fugitive slaves before the Civil War knew it as "the drinking gourd", a signpost in the sky pointing the way north to safety, to Canada where slavery

Black Holes Black Holes Astrophysicists, for the most part, agree that black holes do exist. There is observational evidence from X-rays and the Hubble telescope that black holes do exist and might be in the center of some galaxies. The properties of a black hole are defined by its mass, charge, and spin. A black hole is a part of space that has so much mass concentrated in it that n

The Runaway Universe Donald Goldsmith graduated from Harvard College in 1963. He continued his education at UC Berkeley, where he earned a PhD in astronomy and where he later became a professor. Over the years, he has taught astronomy courses at many world-renowned institutions, including Stanford University, Cornell University, and University of California at Santa Cruse. For his achie

Black Holes Today in astronomy, black holes are one of the most talked about subjects because astronomers still don't have all the answers to them. You may ask why it would be important to study something that has no effect on us and is astronomical distances away. One reason is to get a further understanding of the universe, its creation, and its possible future. A second reason is s